Elephant Trekking

Day 26 - 28: Chiang Mai

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April 26th 2010
After a pleasant overnight train journey (pleasant in comparison to Malaysia anyway!), we arrive in Chiang Mai - and only just over an hour late. We had already booked accommodation so off we trekked out of the station ready to be harassed by tuk tuk drivers. Funnily enough, it isn't half as bad here we found a driver and showed him the directions, but following the patten that happens a lot out h ... read more

Asia » Thailand » North-West Thailand » Chiang Mai

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A unified Thai kingdom was established in the mid-14th century. Known as Siam until 1939, Thailand is the only Southeast Asian country never to have been taken over by a European power. A bloodless revolution in 1932 led to a constitutional monarchy.... ... read more